GB3D Type Fossils

 Home   The project   Search  About fossils Contributors Downloads Links Contact us

Fossil specimen : BGS Zh3238 – Holotype

Taxonomy
Taxonomic Group

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Mollusca

    Class Bivalvia

      Order -

Fossil Name Anthracosphaerium propinquum (Melville)
Type Status Holotype
Name History

Anthracosphaerium propinquum (Melville)

Carbonicola propinquum (Melville)

Provenance
Registration No. Zh3238
Collector Name not available
Donor or Associated Person Stobbs,JT 1942
Held By British Geological Survey Logo British Geological Survey
Comments 2ft above 5ft Coal
Location
Country England
Locality Silverdale - N Staffs.
Grid Reference Not available
Stratigraphy
Rock Unit Coal Measures Group
Biozone Lower similis-pulchra
Geological Age

Westphalian Stage (Carboniferous Period) (308 – 319 Ma B.P.)

[Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Bashkirian Age ]

References
References

Melville RV 1946 Ann Mag Nat Hist Ser II XIII p.321-322 pl.VI,fig3 4f

Trueman & Weir 1954 Mon Brit Carb Non Marine Lamellibranchs Pal Soc VII p.190 pl.XXVfig,1 26a,p

Available Images

High resolution photographs

/BGS/P807649.jp2

4844 KB

Steroscopic photographs

/BGS/P807795.jp2

5017 KB


View these images in your web browser using our JPEG2000 viewer. Zoom in and out and pan around in high resolution. Requires JavaScript to be enabled.

Download these images as high resolution JPEG2000 files. You may need to use image-editing software to view these files.

3D Scans

1: /BGS/ZH_3238

Download as zipped Wavefront .obj file (ZIP 1551 KB)

Download as zipped Polygon File Format .ply file (ZIP 543 KB)

View 3D file in browser

3D Browser Viewer requires a web browser able to display HTML5 canvases. Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari support this. Note that Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions do not support this functionality.

Download 3D scans as either PLY or OBJ files. Please see our list of 3D software downloads if you do not have software to open these files.



click image or here to close